Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Heriot, George, 1759-1839
Title:
Travels through the Canadas, containing a description of the picturesque scenery on some of the rivers and lakes : with an account of the productions, commerce, and inhabitants of those provinces : to which is subjoined a comparative view of the manners and customs of several of the Indian nations of North and South America / by George Heriot, Esq., Deputy Post Master general of British North American ; illustrated with a map and numerous engravings, from drawings made at the several places by the author.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Richard Phillips, no. 6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, 1807, by T. Gillet, Wild-court, [1807]
Physical Description:
xii, 602 pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN: Advertising matter on verso of p. [1] at end. (1982 +70)
Subject Terms:
Heriot, George, 1759-1839. | Indians. | Algonquian languages -- Dictionaries -- English. | English language -- Dictionaries -- Algonquian. | Canada -- Description and travel. | Canada -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Azores Islands (Portugal) | Hutchinson, William -- Bookplate. | Biddle, Moncure -- Bookplate. | Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge -- Bookplate. | Morse, William Inglis, b. 1874 -- Bookplate. | Linen Hall Library, Belfast -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1807. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1807. | Maps. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Cartwright, Thomas (Printmaker), engraver. | Gillet, Thomas, printer. | Hassell, J. (John), 1767-1825, engraver. | Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856, engraver. | Neele, James, engraver. | Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767-1840, publisher. | Stadler, Joseph Constantine, engraver.